FNUS73 KMPX 041141 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR I C E SOUTH...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 641 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...AND ASSOCIATED DISTURBANCE...MOVES CLOSER TO THE UPPER MIDWEST. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO GUST BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 20 AND 26 MPH BY NOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-39800) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (60100-97100) IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 49 56 61 63 62 RH..............55 42 37 35 35 38 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 9 SE 11 SE 14 S 15 SE 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 25 25 25 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (39300-69500). $$ FORECASTER...TAGGART REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110504.ICESO.01/MPX